David demarest



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID DEMAREST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Hose-PROTECTOR.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 10,183, dated November 1, 1853.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAvID DEMAEEsT, of the city, county, land State of New York, have invented a new and useful Method of Protecting Engine and other Hose from Injury while Lying Across the Public Thoroughfares;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan or top View of a section of a rail-track made after my plan. This View shows the manner in which the hose is passed under or through the rails and protected from injury as the Wheels ot' the car pass over the track. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan or bottom View of the portable hosepro tecting rail. This View shows the construction of the bottom of the same, and also the recess for the hose to fit in. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. This View exhibits the manner in which the portable rails are laid down on top of the stationary track and over the hose.

Similar letters of reference in each of the several gures indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and simple method of protecting engine and other hose from the serious injuries which they sustain while lying across public streets and railtracks by reason of cars and carriages passing over them; and my invention consists in the employment of a portable section of a rail-track, which section has a recess or archshaped opening or passage cut in its bottom, into which the hose tits when said section is placed on the stationary track and over said hose. Thus it will be seen that the hose is covered by the rails forming the portable track, and consequently they will be kept free from the great wear and tear which they heretofore have been subjected to from cars and carriages passing over them, and also the inconvenience and loss which the cars are subjected to in being obliged to stop and wait till the hose are removed from the track will be' avoided.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it more fully.,

A, Figs. l and 3, represents a portable scction of a rail-track, which is made of greater depth at the center of its length, and then tapering or inclining gradually until it comes nearly even with the top of the stationary track. This section has semicircular projections a a on its bottom, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. These projections fit into the groove of the stationary track and serve to keep the portable track in place.

b b are ears cast on the projections a a. These ears serve to secure the portable rails permanently for a certain length of time, they being screwed or bolted to any suitable iiXed obj ect by screws or bolts which pass through the openings c c in said ears.

C is the opening in which the hose B lits, as seen in Fig. 3. This opening is cut transversely in the bottom of the rails, as seen in Fig. 2, and may be of the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The rails A are placed over the hose in the manner shown in Fig. l, and the hose are thus protected from injury.

D is a brace for strengthening the section A at the point Where the passage or opening is cut. This brace obviates all danger of the section A being pressed down or broken at the point C.

This simple contrivanceis of the greatest importance both to railroad and fire companies, for it saves much time and inconvenience, and always keeps the hose in perfect Working order during the ltime of iire.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The employment of a portable section of a railtrack constructed substantially as described, With an opening O in its center for the hose B to fit in when said section is placed over said hose, the same being employed in the manner described and for the purpose of covering the hose at certain points and saving them from the great injury they sustain from carriages and cars passing over them during the time of fires, dre., as herein fully set forth.

DAVID DEMAREST.

Witnesses:

P. J. COHEN, R. W. FENwIcK. 

